7 Sep
2004
7 Sep
'04
10:32 a.m.
yes.... the visual of seeing the heads seek in and out.... I suppose you
could pared the heads so they do not land and do not even hardly spin the
thing up just make the heads seek......
----- Original Message -----
From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net>
To: "'ed sharpe'" <esharpe(a)uswest.net>et>; "'General
Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: RE: *** Ideas needed for developing interactive displays....
>> Jules,
yes a large hard drive seeing would be very
>> interesting. <snip> .... the size of a washing machine but
>> all glassed in top... lots of power lots of heat......
While I have not been following every message in this thread..It seems
like
a replica might be the best way to go. Could definitely "play some games"
to
make it more reliabile, lower-power, etc. Whould stilll give the look and
feed of the classic drives [oh how I remember a row of RP-06's spinning
away!]